Turkey national under-19 football team
The Turkey national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of Turkey and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, held every year. The Under-19 UEFA tournament originally began as the FIFA Junior Tournament between 1948–54. It has since been renamed a number of times, most notably referred to as the UEFA European U-18 Championship between 1981–2001. The tournament was renamed as the UEFA European U-19 Championship in 2002, but importantly the overall statistics are collated from 1948. In addition, every even year, the top five teams from the respective UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship compete in the FIFA U-20 World Cup the following year.UEFA European U-19 Championship record*
Individual awards
In addition to team victories, Turkish players have won individual awards at UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.
Year | Top Goalscorer |
2004* | Ali Öztürk |
2006* | İlhan Parlak |
Current squad
The following players were called up to participate in 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification against Iceland, Moldova and England in 14-17-20 November 2018 respectively.